A "creative boutique" values and offers the vision of artists, directors, and people with whom it collaborates. Withstand pursues this goal by providing the best productive solutions for different budgets. By accomodating a variety of creative needs, we offer an ideal environment of exchange with agencies and clients. We offer our skills also as an international service.

Davide Ferazza, Milano, 1980.Swimsuit Aqua Boutique Top Boutique Aqua After graduating in Philosophy with a specialization in Aesthetics, Davide has worked for two years as an editor for the publishing house Abscondita. He then later received an MA in Business Management at the SDA Bocconi University in Milan, and worked at Piccolo Teatro di Milano as curator for the video comunication department (including documentaries on Luca Ronconi, Luis Pasqual and Pina Bausch). After collaborating with other production companies based in Milan, in 2012 he was the founder of Withstand.

After her BA in PR and Advertising at the IULM University in Milan, Ilaria moved to Perugia to obtain a Master in Advertising Communication at the University for Foreigners. She started her career in 2006 at the Venice Film Festival, then she moved back to Milan to realize her dream and starting to work for an international production company based in Milan. She joined Withstand at the beginning of 2016.

Alessandro Giorgio. Torino, 1977.Alessandro holds a PhD in Film History from Turin University, where he studied silent Danish cinema. For several years he has worked for the program and the film series of Cinemambiente International Environmental Film Festival. He has held various roles in cultural, sports and travel events in Europe and North America. He has also collaborated with several film festivals, and has worked on the set of short films and documentaries for the Festival of Science in Genoa. In recent years he has curated an exhibition of Guy Le Querrec with Magnum Photos and organized jazz concerts for many events, including MITO Settembre Musica, Moncalieri Jazz Festival and Torino Jazz Festival.

Alessandro Giorgio. Torino, 1977.Alessandro holds a PhD in Film History from Turin University, where he studied silent Danish cinema. For several years he has worked for the program and the film series of Cinemambiente International Environmental Film Festival. He has held various roles in cultural, sports and travel events in Europe and North America. He has also collaborated with several film festivals, and has worked on the set of short films and documentaries for the Festival of Science in Genoa. In recent years he has curated an exhibition of Guy Le Querrec with Magnum Photos and organized jazz concerts for many events, including MITO Settembre Musica, Moncalieri Jazz Festival and Torino Jazz Festival.

Giulia Solia, Torino 1990. She graduated at the IED in Photography (2013); She followed a masterclass scholarship at the Fondazione Fotografia Modena (2013-2015). The international course, collaborated with the RCA and deals with the formation on contemporary photography, declined to the art system. In this years, she started her personal research and to take part in artists residencies. She began to work in 2012 as freelance commercial photographer, focused on still life, food and drink categories. In the same year, she started her collaboration with Studio Blu 2.0 where she stayed until 2016 as studio manager. In this years, she developed her artistic research and explored the advertising market. She started to work in Milan as VFX producer and than, she started join in Withstand in 2017, as producer.

She started her career as a producer for many photographers and production companies. In 2013 she decided to change her life and to become a certified accountant. She joined Withstand in 2017 and she’s ready to deal with enthusiasm a new working experience.

Leonardo Grappolini, Milan 28/11/1991. During the classical high school he spent more time at the agency's offices of ”La Scuola di Emanuele Pirella" than in the classrooms, experimenting with the art of creativity and learning it with Emanuele Pirella and Lele Panzeri. There he was irremediably seduced by the world of the ADV. After being successfully tested in mathematics, with a degree in management engineering, he comes back to the world of advertising achieving the master in Art Direction and Copywriting at Politecnico di Milano with 110 cum laude. After he worked at HAVAS Milano as an art director, where with his team won in 2016 a gold and a silver at If Festival and a silver at Eurobest with the campaign "Water Book" by FERRARELLE. The following year, looking for a more frenetic and sparkling job, he started working as an assistant director manager and assistant producer in AKITA FILM where he defined his skills in the field of film production. Today in 2018 he is a Directors Manager at WITHSTAND FILM

Lorenzo Damiani. Portoferraio, 1971 graduated in political science. During his universities studies he gets in touch with the ADV's world as a driver, and suddenly he understands that he wants to be part of the advertising world and work 360° with professionals in communication. Right after his graduation he obtains the Tv producer role in DLV, one of the coming out agencies in Milan and Italy in terms of the communication reality. After three years working in the agency, he realizes that his greatest desire is to work on film production; he gets then involved in TheFamilyFilm during its start up period facing international projects as BMW, FIAT, VW, SAAB CAMPARI, TIM FERRERO PARMALAT and a lot more, cooperating with important Italian and international directors. In December 2009 Lorenzo decides that it's time to find new goals and in March 2010 he becomes K48's executive producer helping it in the growing process. In 2017 he is looking for a new professional turn and gets in touch with WithstandFilm becoming soon part of the team as the executive producer.